Naptime co-sleeping: Get children who are difficult to sleep to do so in a sling or
backpack style carrier as you go about your daily chores.
Phil & Ted's Parade, $ 119.99: A lightweight (just 4.4 lbs) and compact (it folds to fit under your seat on the plane)
backpack style carrier.
Understand that you may need to take
the backpack style carrier off completely to tend to your baby or toddler.
These backpack style carriers are great for taking your baby on a hike!
At nearly 25 pounds, even if it folds flat and has
a backpack style carrier, it is super heavy to carry especially if you need to travel on other modes of transportation other than your own vehicle.
The real advantage to
backpack style carriers is in how they distribute the weight: rather than pulling your shoulders forward, they pull your shoulders back (less weight on the lower back).